A Drexel University Political Science professor - who has a book coming out in February - and is a communist, graced the world with his Christmas wish to see an entire race of human beings exterminated. You know, like Hitler.
In the first 84 days of the 2017 fiscal year (October 1, 2016 - December 23, 2016), the Obama administration has accepted 25,584 refugees into the United States, according to data provided by the State Department. Per Breitbart, compared to the same period in FY2016, that represents an 86% increase year-over-year. And while we were expecting a large increase in refugee admittances in 2017 (see "Hillbama Administration Plans To Admit At Least 110,000 Refugees In 2017"), the ~30% increase that Secretary John Kerry estimated back in September is looking like
A rogue DHS worker has snatched a young girl from her mother and awarded custody to a known pedophile, under the guise of ‘protecting her’. Christi MacLaren says that her 6-year-old daughter’s life is in danger after her estranged husband, a known child abuser, has been allowed to take custody of their child. Usobserver.com reports: Lenzo has allegedly sexually abused his daughter which is what started this nightmare.
I'd like to be able to say France withdrawing from the EU is a potential downside catalyst for stocks. However, these days nothing matters. Stocks would go up if nuclear war was initiated wordwide. There's literally nothing that can stop stocks from heading higher.
But in the event you're still nostalgic about news, France's Le Pen wants stronger ties with Moscow, out of the EU and NATO -- in an effort to make France great again.
While both global monetary and fiscal policies struggle to keep aggregate demand if not rising, then at least constant, demographics continues to wreak havoc on the best laid plans of central planners around the rapidly aging world. Just last week we reported that in 2016, the US population grew at the slowest pace since the Great Depression, largely driven by the collapse in household formation as the number of Millennials living at home with their parents has hit a 75 year high.